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Salisbury City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

20 - COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DISTRICT

17.20.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to recognize lands located within the boundaries of the main campus of Salisbury's college and lands off the main campus used by the college and to provide additional lands to promote orderly interrelated development of the college and college-related facilities. A variety of private uses, including housing, offices and services, entertainment and recreation, are permitted, which are intended to complement college use and which will be the least incompatible with future growth and expansion of Salisbury's college and related facilities.

(Prior code § 150-96)

17.20.020 - Permitted uses.

Permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

All uses permitted in the Office and Service Highway District No. 1, chapter 17.88;

B.

Apartment building and apartment project, in accordance with chapter 17.168;

C.

Colleges, universities and theological schools, including, but not limited to, buildings for administrative and faculty offices; administrative, faculty and student housing; classrooms; laboratories; chapels; auditoriums; lecture halls; libraries; student centers; faculty centers; and athletic facilities;

D.

Bookstore and school supply store;

E.

Boardinghouse/rooming house;

F.

Convenience store;

G.

Cultivation of land;

H.

Dormitory housing, in accordance with chapter 17.168, using R-5A area and density requirements and design standards and restrictions in Section 17.168.050;

I.

Fraternity and sorority house;

J.

Laundromat;

K.

Restaurant and fast-food restaurant;

L.

Townhouse, in accordance with chapter 17.224, using R-5A density and area;

M.

Group domiciliary care facility;

N.

Hotel or motel.

(Ord. 1786 § 3, 2000; Prior code § 150-97)

(Ord. No. 2502, 9-10-2018)

17.20.030 - Uses permitted by special exception.

Uses permitted by special exception shall be as follows:

A.

Tavern, dance hall and nightclub.

(Prior code § 150-98)

17.20.040 - Uses permitted by ordinance permit.

Uses permitted by ordinance permit shall be as follows:

A.

Recreational establishment, indoor;

B.

Utility substation, in accordance with chapter 17.220.

(Prior code § 150-99)

17.20.050 - Accessory uses and structures.

Accessory uses and structures shall be as follows:

A.

Off-street parking lot or structure;

B.

Off-street loading and unloading facilities;

C.

Gasoline pumps as accessory use to a convenience store, accordance with Section 17.04.220;

D.

Other accessory uses and structures clearly incidental to, customary to and associated with the permitted use;

E.

Family day-care home;

F.

Day-care services for employees or patrons of a permitted use.

(Prior code § 150-100)

17.20.060 - Development standards.

Development standards for the college and university district shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum Lot Requirements. All lots hereafter established shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

Lot area: ten thousand (10,000) square feet;

2.

Interior lot width: eighty (80) feet;

3.

Corner lot width: one hundred (100) feet.

B.

Minimum Yard Requirements:

1.

Front: thirty (30) feet;

2.

Rear: fifteen (15) feet, except as follows:

a.

Twenty-five (25) feet where adjoining a residential district,

b.

Thirty (30) feet for a boarding- and rooming house and a fraternity and sorority house;

3.

Side: ten feet (two); twenty (20) feet adjacent to a residential district;

4.

Side, corner: thirty (30) feet.

C.

The height limitation shall be fifty (50) feet.

D.

Parking, Loading and Unloading. See chapter 17.196.

E.

Access. Direct access onto a street or highway shall be reduced or eliminated wherever the city department of infrastructure and development determines that alternate or unified points of access are available to a site resulting in better traffic flow and less traffic congestion.

F.

Stacking Lanes. Wherever a use provides drive-in window service, a reserve of five spaces shall be provided on site for each drive-in stall.

G.

Outside storage is prohibited.

H.

Lighting shall be designed so as not to throw glare onto surrounding properties.

I.

Signs. See chapter 17.216.

J.

Landscaping and Screening. See chapter 17.220. In addition to the requirements of chapter 17.220, all areas not devoted to building or required parking areas shall be landscaped as defined in Section 17.04.120 and maintained in accordance with Section 17.220.080.

(Prior code § 150-101)

(Ord. No. 2459, 10-9-2017)